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DEADLY AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE, PART CXLVI

Fearless rail correspondent Herbie spots a rare Sydney Trainbird in its pristine native habitat:
Pecking its way through alloy undergrowth, the Trainbird seeks an assault perch:
An attack is now only seconds away:

The manky environs of a Sydney railway carriage avec l’souris avion compares unfavourably with similar Bangladeshi transport and serves as a pertinent reminder as to why it is better to drive. Stuff Gaia.

You know the type. “Sore wing, boss; I need to take the train this week”. “It was raining today”. “What? Fly? Didn’t you see today’s mold and spore count in the newspaper?” “Lotta hawk sightings lately, boss; I’ve got my wife and hatchlings to think of.” “A crow broke down in my flight path; had traffic backed up for miles.”

I hate city pigeons. What we obviously need is an army of feral cats, specially modified with thumbs to work wee shotguns… No scratch that. Cats with thumbs and guns would just start holding up butcher shops and terrorizing old ladies.

#24 Rebecca: My guess would be that some trainbirds stowed away on a passenger car that was exported to the U.S from Australia. That kind of stuff is always happening with beetles and fungus and so forth.

We need to look at the underlying reason why these Train Pidgeons want to attack us. I call on the Prime Minister to say ‘sorry’ to Train Pidgeons for the past indiscretions they suffered at the hands of white, crusading, train commuters.

Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don’t you? ‘course you do.
But there’s one thing that makes spring complete for me,
And makes ev’ry sunday a treat for me.

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